Rodgers Ranch Urban Farm & Teaching Gardens

04/16/2025

We still have plants!

Visit us on Saturday from 11am to 4pm - we still have a great selection of tomatoes, peppers, squashes and cucumbers.

The Rodgers Ranch Heritage Center was founded in ‘91 to restore, preserve & manage the site, along with sharing info on its history and green sustainable living. The 1867 buildings from CA’s wheat growing past are listed with the National Register.

04/16/2025

We still have plants for sale. Lots!

In case you missed our big festival on the 12th, it's not too late - we have plants.

All organic, hand-sown and grown right here at Rodgers Ranch. We use heirloom premium seeds and custom blended soil.

Come and check out our tomatoes, peppers, squashes and cucumbers.

Open to visitors from 11am to 4pm this Saturday.

Rodgers Ranch Urban Farm
315 Cortsen Road in Pleasant Hill

03/25/2024

Put this on your calendar - our biggest Expo ever!
We'll have thousands of plants, live music, food and lots of really cool hand-made products from local artisans.

05/06/2023

If you are around Sienna Ranch in Lafayette today, between 10:00 and 2:00 p.m., stop by and look at the wonderful vegetables and succulent Arrangements we have left! John and Jasmine will take good care of you.

03/29/2023

Our annual Spring Expo & Plant Sale is coming up soon - April 15
We are busy getting hundreds of plants ready - keeping them warm in this chilly spring weather!

07/17/2020

If you'd like to start a new garden or if your current garden needs a checkup, this free Zoominar may be of help. Registration required - and it's nearly full!

Are you interested in learning what you can do in your garden throughout the year to increase its bounty, flora and fauna? Join Master Gardener Marian Woodard as she shares her expertise on Seasonal Vegetable Gardening. Marian will enchant you with her stories and knowledge as she guides you through...

04/21/2020

It's time to get the tomatoes in! Peppers can still wait a while, but get them while they're available. We keep getting asked, "Where can I great seedlings?" Biota Gardens is where.

Nothing compares to a Brandywine tomato. The BEST tasting tomato! These are Sudduth Strain Brandywine plants, they do well here in the inland East Bay.

04/14/2020

That said, Biota Gardens does still have plants available for sale that haven't been decimated by earwigs. It's almost time to get the summer vegetables in! Our soil temperature is 60 degrees; just waiting for the nighttime temps to rise a bit.

The earwigs are brutal this year. I’ve never seen so many, and they LOVE tender seedlings, especially basils that are already struggling with our cold March/April. This was once a Napolitano Basil waiting for warmer weather.

Earwigs aren’t all bad, they eat aphids, mites, organic matter...but also love tender young growth, and the greenhouses are full of tender green goodness.

04/10/2020

Just in case there's any doubt, tomorrow's Expo and Plant Sale is cancelled. We hope to have a summer event after the pandemic passes. We appreciate your support in the past!